Chapter 441: Chapter Four Hundred Forty-Nine: Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran Meet
"Phew..."
Cao Ying slowly put away the Command Token. It had already conveyed the general details to her. In short, Hun Changqing had found her an ancestor to wait on.
Cao Ying immediately let out a long breath. Her beautiful eyes rested on the smiling Gu Yaole, a hint of complicated emotion flickering in their depths. Then she raised a hand and waved at the other family elders.
"Go back. This young lady is no enemy. She is an honored guest..."
"But..."
The elders exchanged glances, wanting to speak but holding their tongues.
"What she said just now was true. If you refuse to leave, do you really want her to unleash that Dou Sheng power and send us all to a gathering in the underworld?"
Seeing their hesitation, Cao Ying immediately knitted her brows. Her expression grew stern as she sharply rebuked them, displaying all the authority of a family head.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whether it was fear of Gu Yaole's Dou Sheng power or awe at Cao Ying's authority, everyone's expression changed dramatically at her words. Faces filled with terror, they hastily cupped their hands toward Cao Ying and Gu Yaole before fleeing the scene, leaving only several sharp whistles of wind behind.
"Hehehe..."
Seeing those old fellows, so aggressive just moments ago, reduced to such a comical state, Gu Yaole burst into gleeful, merciless laughter. Though she had cut an imposing figure while facing all those experts alone, at heart she was still a lively seventeen-year-old girl.
Watching Gu Yaole, Cao Ying, who had held the position of Cao Family head for a year, breathed a sigh of relief. She could already see something of Gu Yaole's true nature.
*She was still a little